My Garden's Got the Blues (And I Love It!): Got the blues...

» Treeman - Got the blues...

Hey Carol, don't know why blues have a rep for being hard to find. There are some great ones out there as you have pointed out.

But I missed any mention of Vitex. What a wonderful blue summer shrub. Perhaps your are too far north for it. It does well here in zone 6 forming a impressive vase of blue from mid-summer on. I suspect some people mistake it for buddleia as its spikes are similar in shape and born on the tips of the branches. They form a denser upright branching habit though. I've seen specimens here that achieve 15 feet in height.

BTW the Phlox paniculata 'David' you mention is the Perennial Plant Association's "Perennial of the Year for 2001. If you can find any in garden center's this fall, you may want to snatch a couple up. May be more expensive next year.

-- posted by Treeman